Improvement in floors for drying feat



J. B. LYoNs.

Drying Peat.- No. 100,301'. Patented March l, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 100,301, ma Maat 1,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN .FLOORS` FOR DVRYING- FEAT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part: of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES B` LYONS, of Milton, in the county ofLitchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented cert-ain new anduseful Improvements in Floors for Drying Peat; and the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a sectional view of my improvement in doors fordrying peat.

Figure 2 shows a plan or .top view of the dryingdoor with the tram-roadsand turn-tables.

The object of my invention isAto save manual' labor and time, and toreduce the cost of manufacturing peat fuel.,

My invention consists in the construction and ar-I rangement of a seriesof doors and train-roads, provided with turn-tables, for conveying peattrucks between the series of doors for depositing the ground peat, as itcomes from the mill, for draining and drying.

'lo enable others to make and use my improvements, I will describe themmore fully, referring to the drawings und the letters of referencemarked-thereon.

In constructing my improved yard or-doors for draining and drying peat,I first prepare the ground by removing the earth at suitable intervals,A A A, and throwing it up between the parallels, so as to raise thecentral'portion B B B ten or twelve inches higher than the edges a a,bordering on the sunken spaces or intervals A A, which are madetwenty-four feet, more or less, apart, according to the size of theyard.

lhe ground being graded and prepared as above described, I place theparallel timbers b b b, on which the floorsl c c c are supported, sothat'the center, e, is

ten inches higher than theedges, so that the water or moisture that mayescape from the peat will drain od.

Over each of the sunken spaces A,'I place a track or tram-rails, DD,'for the truck-cars to run on to con- Vey the ground peat to all partsof the drying-door,

where it is spread to the thickness of nine inches, more or less. p

After the doors are covered with the ground peat, it is then marked od'at right angles into suitable-sized blocks, the inclination of the doorC C being. such that the rain that may fall upon it while being spreadin the process vof drying will not be absorbed by the peat, but willdrain od" into the gutters A A. p

`An y number of the series of doors maybe arranged parallel to eachother, and extended to any desired length, with the track of tram-railsbetween theseries, and they may be provided with cross-sections ofrails, E E, and turn-tables F F, so that a truck-car can be moved to anypart of the door or yard to carry the ground peat to be spread fordrying, and also for conveying od' the blocks of dry.peat, and clearingthe doors and yard. I

The advantages of preparing a yard with elevated plankV drying-doors anddrains are-very great. The

doors being elevated four or six inches above thel ground on thetimbers, leaving parallel spaces under the doors for the freecirculation of air, the peat will dry in less th'an one-fourth of thetime that it will when spread on thegronnd, .and is of a uniform andbetter quality. The blocks are more solid, and will be perfectly freefrom earth, sand, or other extraneons matter. v

Vhat I claim'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved structure to be employedin the drying of peat, consisting ofthe inclined doors O upon supports l) b, and provided with tram-ways DE, turntables 1*", and sub-drains A, all constructed and arranged asherein shown and described.

' JAMES B. LYON S.

Witnesses: l

CHAs. H. POOLE, J. B. WOODRUFF.

